ARTICLE 19.
1 UNION SHOP & DUES CHECK-OFF AGREEMENT
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3 It is hereby agreed that there will be established a Union Shop
4 under the Basic Agreement as follows:
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6 (A) Conditions.
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8 1. Each employee of the Company covered by this Agreement who fails
9 to acquire and maintain membership in the International Association of
10 Machinists and Aerospace Workers (“IAM&rdquo😉 shall be required, as a
11 condition of continued employment, to pay to the IAM a monthly service
12 charge as a contribution toward the IAM’s costs in the administration of this
13 Agreement and representation of the employee. The obligation to acquire
14 and maintain membership in the IAM, or pay a service charge in lieu
15 thereof, shall commence sixty (60) days after the effective date of this
16 Agreement, or sixty (60) days after the beginning of the employee’s
17 employment under this Agreement, whichever is later; provided; however,
18 that membership in or financial support of the IAM shall not be required of
19 any employee until he has performed forty-two (42) days (336 hours) of
20 compensated service under this Agreement within a period of twelve (12)
21 consecutive calendar months.
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23 2. An employee shall not be required to acquire or maintain membership
24 in the IAM, or pay a service charge, if:
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26 (a) membership in the IAM is not available to the employee
27 upon the same terms and conditions that are generally applicable to
28 any other employee covered by this Agreement; or
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30 (B) the employee’s membership in the IAM was denied, or
31 terminated for any reason other then the employee’s failure to pay
32 periodic dues, initiation fees, and assessments (not including fines
33 and penalties) that are uniformly required as a condition of
34 acquiring or retaining membership in the IAM. For purposes of
35 this section, the IAM’s dues, fees and assessments shall be deemed
36 to be “uniformly required” if they are required of all employees in
37 the same work classification at the same time in the same Local
38 Lodge.
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40 3. This Article shall be in effect only as long as the IAM is the collective
41 bargaining representative of the employees covered by this Agreement.
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43 4. To the extent legally permissible, the monthly service charge described
44 herein shall be in the amount equal to the IAM’s regular and usual monthly
45 dues and assessments (not including fines and penalties).
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